Tekla is a girl's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “technical computation.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Tekla belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “technical computation” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Tekla first appears in Social Security records in 1889. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1132 in 1889, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 461 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Tekla means “technical computation” in its Scandinavian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Tekla is a girl name.
Tekla comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Tekla first appears in US records in 1889. Its best-ever ranking was #1132 in 1889, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Tekla is pronounced /web.archive.org/ (IPA).
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